Molding-machine.



J. B. CLINE.

MOLDING MACHINE.

1 APPLICATIQN FILE-D SEPT. 20,` 1913.-

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I. B. CLINE.

MOLDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20,V I9I3- 1,260,586. Patented om. '10, 1916.

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Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 4 MINIMUM MN5 UIUIIIIIIIIIIII'I' I ATTORNEK rirTnD sTATEs PATENT orme JOHN B. CLINE, OF DES MOINES, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERfI-CONE COMPANY, OF

mis "MoINEs, IOWA.

` MoLDINGLMAHINE.

' To all 'whom t may concern' `Be it known' kthat I, JOHN B. CLINE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of DesMoines, county of Polk, and State l0, is, conical receptacles formed of batter or of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement 1n .Molding-Machines, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to casting or molding machines designed more particularly for forming so-called ice cream cones that like material and adapted to hold a quantity of ice cream or similar confection.

The invention consists of mechanism of improved form and construction by means .of which the cones may be produced eX- peditiously in large numbers, of' uniform structure and form, and under proper sani-.I

tary conditions.

Mechanism embodying' my inventlon comprises in its preferred form, a series of forming molds to'ireceive the molding material, and each consisting of separable sections, a series of cores adapted to enter the molds to causethe material to completely fill the same and partake of thev hollow shape ofthe molds, and a holder to contain a suppl-y of the molding material-to be introduced into the molds, the said parts being so constructed and arranged, as will be more fully described hereinafter, that the. holder may bemoved to aposition over the molds, a'nd operated to supply a predetermined measured quantity of material to each mold, and then moved away' again, the cores entered into the molds to cause the material to fill the molds, the cores removed'on the completion of the molding operation, and finally' the separable sections of the-molds opened 4to discharge the completed cones. The vforegoing parts embody various detailed features of form and construction adapted for cooperative action as will be more' fully described hereinafter, which features of construction are of theV form I prefer to adopt,

and which in practice have been found to answer to a satisfactory degree the ends to be attained. It will be lmanifest however to those skilled in the art, that these. details may be variously modified and changed without departing from the limits of my invention; and further itwill be understood that .the invention is not limited to any par- .ticular form or construction of the parts eX- l Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented oet'. 1o, 1916.

i Application led September 20, 1913. i Serial N o. 790,873. 1

cept in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims. n In the accompanying drawings: Figurel is a s1de elevation of my improved mechanism, Fig. 2 is a top plan-view of the samel 'with certain parts broken awayto expose position. Fig. 7 is an elevation of the core detached. Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional plan viewon the line b-b of Fig. 6. Fig. 9 is a detail view of the lever for operating the core frame. similar views showing the-lever in its different positions in operating the core frame.

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the cone frame operating mechanism.

Referring now to the drawings: Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, l represents a main supporting frame in which the operative parts of my improved apparatus are 'mounted This frame comprises a Hat rectangular base 2, from the four corners of which, posts 3, 3, 3, 3, rise, which posts are connected together at their upper ends by frame bars 4, 4, 4, 4,'. and give support be- Fig. 6 is a vertical vsectween their ends to a horizontal rectangular frame 5., The frame consists of two side bars and two end bars which bars are rigidly connected together at .their ends to constitute a single rigid frame structure, which is formed at its four cornerswith openings through which the corner posts 3, respectively extend, and to which the frame 5 is liXedly fastened in any suitable and appropriate manner. The frame 5, gives support to several groups of conical molds, 7, 7, etc., five groups in the present instance, with six molds in each group. Each group of molds is madeup of twocomplementary members 8, 8,.which extend transversely across the frame 5 and are slidingly supported at their outer ends on the side bars of the frame,

These members are each in the form of a channel bar, and the two channel bars are arranged with their vertical faces adjacent to each other, and their open portions outwardly, which open portions are covered by plates 7L more fully described hereinafter.

are formed at intervals with semiconical recesses sloping inwardly frointop to bottom, so lthat when the two bars are brought together with their vertical faces in contact, a lseries of conical 'mold cavities will be formed, circular in cross section, with their larger ends at the top, and each made vup conjointly by the opposing semiconical rel cess'espin the faces ofthe channel bars. As shownfmore particularly in Fig. L1, -the pairs of channel bars are, arranged'with a space between each'pair, so -that room will be af:

'forded for the separation of thegbars of each pair when the molds are to be opened to dis- Y charge their contents. These movements of the bars are effected simultaneously by the operationf a hand lever 9 (see Figs. 2 3

and 4)A which is fixed to a horizontal transverse rockshaft 10 mountedin bearings extending forwardly from the front end bar .i `l`4of the frame 5. At intervals, the rock shaft 1 `ha'sfixed to it, four elongated heads or disks 12,`to each of which are jointed at diametrically opposite sides thereof, the innerends of two links, an upper link 13 and a ylower link 14. The four vupper links are `jointed at their outer ends respectively to fourv'up- 1 f per rods 15, l5, 15', 15, extending longitudinally of the frame` 5, and through the sev- .eral channel bars 8. The four lower linksv are likewise jointed at their outer vends respectively to four `lower rods 16, 16, 16, 16, arranged below `thefupper rods, and extendingr longitudinally of the frame loosely.

through the channel bars. y The upper rods are connected to the right'V hand channel bar s' of the pairs, while thelower rods are connected'to the left hand channel bars of `the Several pairs, so that by the movement of the two sets-of rods in opposite.` directions y by the hand lever 9,' the channel bars of the pairs` will be separated from each other,or

brought together, according to the directionA ,o fmovement. For instance inFig. 3 the' several pairs are shown separated from each other, which is the open position 'of the molds, and the lever 9 is'shown extending `upwardly. To vmove the channel bars together to close the molds, the lever istiirned downwardly tothe position shown by dot# the righ't hand bars of the several pairs by this actionbeing drawn to the left, and the left hand bars ofthe pairs being forced to the right, with the result that the molds will be ic'losed. As a convenient manner vof con# necting'the rods to the respective channel bars, I employ spacing spools 1S and 19 on the respective upper and lower rods. The spools of the upper rods engage at their ends the right hand channel bars of the pairs, and slide freely through the left hand The vertical faces;r of the two channel bars channelA bars; while the spools of .the lower rods engage at their ends, the left hand channel bars of the pairs and slide freely through the other bars. By this arrange.- ment the spools of the upper rods form a connection of said rods with one of the bars of each pair, and afford guides for the other bars; while the spools of the lower rods form a connection of said rods with the channel bars which move on the other rods, andvafford guides for the other channel bars. At their rear ends the upper rods are provided with nuts 2O which bear against the right hand channel bars of the rearmost pair, by means of which nuts the several spools and channel bars which they engage, may be clamped firmly together and maintained in their proper fixed positions on the rods. Likewise .the lower rods are provided on their rear ends with nuts 21 engaging the ends of the rearmost spools, which in turn engage the left hand channel bar of the -rearmost pair, these nuts serving to clamp the spools and channel bars which they engage, endwise on the rods and thus maintain them in their proper relatively fixed positions thereon. Y

In order that the channel bars of the sevveral pairs may be properly alined when they are in contact to close the molds, I provideV atopposite ends of the channel bars, alining rails 22 and 23 arranged one above the other, the upper rail being firmly fixed to the ends of the left hand channel bars of the several pairs, and the lower rail being firmly fixed ,to the right hand bars of the pairs.

The two rails fit closely together edge to edge in such manner that in the back and forth such'relative positions as to cause the revvjcesses therein to properly aline when the channel bars are in contact. A

Movable up and down above the molds, is a rectangular horizontal'fr'ime 24 from the under side of which depends. a number of conical mold cores 25, 25, etc., which are ar ranged in groups corresponding with the several groups of molds, and which cores are adapted, when the frame 241 is lowered, to

enter the respective molds as shown more particularly in Fig. 6, and cause the molding material, 'previously supplied to the molds, to properly fill the conical space between the interior of the molds and the exterior of the cores. Each of the cores consists of a fixed hollow conical body or core proper 26, and a vsurrounding relatively movable stripping ring 27 which surrounds iso the upper enlarged end, of the core, and' whose function is to hold the formed cone vdown momentarily in the mold, when the core is firstwithdrawn, so that the cone will be ystripped from the core and preventedfrom adhering thereto, Aand will be compelled to remain in the-mold until the latter is opened to discharge it. At its upper end the core proper 26, is cylindrical in cross sec' tion and is fastened, by means of screws 27a, to the under side ofl a transverse plate 28 containing openings 29, one for each corel of the group, which plate is in turn fastened to the under side of the frame 24v in any suit- `able manner, there being one plate for each groupof cores. The cylindrical portion of the core is-'reduced in diameter some d istance below its upper extremity, thus form;

ing an annular shoulder 30., and the stripside of the plate 28, and whose lower ends Y and 6, and the annular curved surface 39' -ping ring is formed on its-interior with an enlarged cylindrical bore 3l, and a reduced bore 32, which bores surround respectively the two cylindrical' portions of the core proper, the .stripping ring being further probear against the upper sides of the ears 34, the tendency of the springs being to urge the stripping ring Vdownwardly relatively to the core proper to the position shown in Fig. 6. On reference to this figure it will be seen that `the lower end of the stripping ring is formed with `an annular curved surface 39, which, when the ring is moved upwardly on the core proper,'with the two annular shoulders in contact, will form a continuation of the upper end 40 of;v the conical por-tion of the core proper, and will close the upper end.

of the conical space between the interior of the mold and the exterior of the core. As a result of this construction, when the core is withdrawn', owing-to the ,relative movement between the pins 35 and the plate 28, the stripping ring will be vheld down by the springs to the position as shown in Figs. 6

on the ring will be engaged with the upper end of theformed cone, and will thus prevent the same from being drawn out ofthe.

mold with the retracted core, the result being that the core will free itself from the formed cone and leave Vthe latter seated in the mold. Normally when the frame 24 is in its raised position, with the -cores removed from the molds, the position-of the stripping ring will be as shown in Fig. 6 that is, the ring will be projected relatively-tothe core and will be held downwardly by the springs. When the frame is lowered, the cores will enter the molds, and the stripping rings will come into engagement with the upper edges of the molds, the cores not yet being fully seated in the molds. In this position of the parts, the steam caused by the contact of the heated cores with the molding material in the molds, will be allowed to escape from between the contacting surfaces of the .molds and the. stripping rings.v On the further downward movement of the frame 24, the cores will be advanced into the molds to their full extent, the plate 28 sliding down on the pins 35 and compressing the springs 38, and

, the parts will finally come'to rest in the position shown inFig. 6, where it will be seen that the annular curved surface 39 on the stripping ring, forms a continuation of the upper end of ,the conical surface of the core,

and completely. closes the upper end of the conical molding space. f

The frame 24 is guided in its up and down movements by means of four pairs of rollers 41, 41, one pair journaled at each corner of the frame on angularly related horizontal axes, with the rollers of each pair bearing against the sides of the respective" .posts 3 beforealludedto, by which means theA frame in its movements up and down will be prevented from lateral or longitudinal displacement. The frame is counter balanced in its movements by means ofcounterbalancing weights 42, 42, etc., whichvslide up and down at the outer sides of the posts 3, and which are connectedwith the frame by means of sprocket chains 43, 43, etc., at-

tached at one end to the weights,. and at their opposite ends to the frame. at the cor ners of the same, which chains pass over upright sprocket wheels 44, 44,' etc., mounted in suitable bearings on the respective posts 3. As avresult of th manner of guiding. the frame 24 it will be caused to move uniformly and evenly and all of the cores will accurately enter the molds in thesame relative positions, whereby the molded cones will alll be of the same thickness and structure. The up anddown movements of the frame 24 to enter the cores in the molds and withdraw the same, are controlled manually by means of a hand lever 45 .shown more particularly in Figs. l, 2, 9 and 12. This hand lever is in the form of two members, an

outer one 452l having a handle for operating the lever, and an inner one 45" whichis jointed at its outer end, as' at 45, 'to theinner end of the outer member as will be more fully described hereinafter, and is fixed at its inner end to a horizontalrock shaft 4.6 mounted in suitable bearings near the front ends of fore and aft frame bars .47, 47, fixed to 'the corner posts 3. Inrear of the shaft 46 there is mounted in the frame'` bars 47, a second shaft 48 parallel -to shaft 46.A Fixed to the shafts 46 and 48 at the opposite ends of the samehand at the inner sides of the frame bars 47 are elbow levers 49, 49, etc. One ofthe arms of each forward elbow lever is connected with the corresponding arm of the rearelbow'leve'r, by means of fore and aft links 50, 50 whereby when shaft 46is rocked,- the said elbow le vers are caused tomove in unison.A The other arms of the elbow levers are connected by means of upright links 51, 51, etc., with the frame 24 on opposite sides of the latter. In

order that the links 50 and the elbow lever arms, to which they-are jointed may be caused to pass dead lcenter, crank arms 52, 52, etc., are connected'with the ends of the shafts 46 and 48 at the outer sides of the frame' bars 47, which crankarms extend at right angles to the arms of the elbow levers -in the opposite direction, the elbow levers will be rocked forwardly and the frame will be Velevated to the full vline position shownv in Fig. 1. l Y

The parts described are, so formed and related that the elbow levers will move through approximately' 18()o in moving the core frame 24 its full Astroke upwardly or downwardly, and when the frame is elevated, the upright links l51y will be'substantially in vertical alinement with the arms of the elbow levers to which they are attached,

withvthe result that the core frame will be' supported and held in elevated position by the links.

As shown in Fig. 9 the outer member of the hand lever is formed adjacent the point` where-it is pivoted to theinner member,'

with a shoulderV 54 against which therouter rounded end of a spring pressed pin 55 en'- gages, which pin is mounted in the inner member of the lever, ,and which acts, when so engaged, to hold the'parts of the lever A yieldingly in the position shown in Fig; 9, with the inner member :extending `downwardly, and the outer member extending upwardly' therefrom withinconvenient reach of the attendant. In 'this position of the lever, the cpre frame 24 will be held elevated as shown in Fig. 1. This lever in its movements in raising and lowering the core frame, is adapted to coprate with a stirrup `on the rear ends of the legs to retain the projected position, while-permitting it to enter the cores in the molds; and it also recense 56 which, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, extends forwardly from the front end" bar of the frame 5, and is pivotallly mounted', so that its outer free end may move to a limited eXtent up and down for the purpose presently to be described. This stirrup has its two legs extending rearwardly through flared vertical slots 57, 57, in the frame bar, and it is provided with adjusting nuts 58, 58, screwed stirrup in place and to admit of its being adjusted to a greater or less extent beyond the frame bar as conditions may require. The legs `of the stirrup are encircled by spiral springs 59, 59, which bear at their rear ends against the frame bar and at their opposite ends against heads 60, 60, on the respective legs, theaction of the springs being to maintain the stirrup yieldingly in a horizontal rock up and down in the verticalslots. This stirrup lforms a fulcrum for the hand lever in the rocking movements of the shaft 46 to serves to lock the lever down in position 9o when the cores are fully entered in the molds. These operations are effected in the following manner.v Assuming the parts to Abe in the position shown in Fig. 1, the lever member 45 is drawn upwardly and turned 95 to the dotted line position indicated by the. letter c in Fig. 1. In this action of the lever, the outer member 45a will be moved relatively to the inner member on the connecting axis, and by such relative movement, the spring pin 55 will be pushed back by vthe shoulder 54, and the' latter will be engaged withvthe outer 'end of the stirrup, as shown in Fig. 10. By such movementof the lever, the shaft 46 will be rocked upwardly, and the'elbow. levers rocked rearwardly,.

vwith the'resultthat the core frame will bev positively. moved downwardly and the cores entered into'` the molds to the position fshown-in Fig. 6, where it .will be seen that the stripper ring is in contact with the mold, but the core is held a' slight distance above its final position by the springs 38. With the cores thus partially entered, thel steam from the heated molding material is given. opportunity to escapeasbefore mentioned. The outer member of the lever is now turned downto thel dotted line position indicated by the letter al in Fig. 1, in

`which action, the lever member will fulcrum on the end of the stirrup seated against the shoulder 54, and as the outer lever member is moved down, the inner member will move inwardly as shown in Fig. 11, and will act to rock the elbow levers still farther rearwardly, with the result that the core frameV will be lowered still farther. The cores will be given their final movement into the molds against the action of the spiral'springs 38,

compressing the latter, and the parts come 1,39'

tactas shown in Fig. 6a. After the molding into rest with the shoulders 30 and 33 on the core and stripper ring respectively. in conslightly withdrawn, while the stripper ring remains down in contact with the molds, thus'preventing the molded cones from sticking to the cores. The lever member is then raised toa vertical .position indicated by the dotted linese, and finally pushed down to its original position, which action will rock the shaft 46 downwardly and the elbow levers forwardly, and will raise the core frame to its former elevated position, the spring' pin 55 being projected into engagement with the shoulder 54, in which position it will act to retain the lever member inA its upwardly extending position readyto be grasped -by the operator for another operation. i

Situated in the several channel bars 8, are

perforated heating burner tubes 60, 60etc.,`

' ply pipes. are connected by flexible piping 63,63, with a common transverse pipe' 63a which is connected with a suitable source of gas supply, the flexible .connections permitting of the movements of .the channel bars in openingv andl closing the molds. The cores 26 are heated by suitable burners 64 which extend downwardly from the frame 24, into the upper ends of the hollow cores,

through the openings in the plates '33. These burners-are supplied with gas, or other suitable heating medium, through a main fore and aft extending supply pipe 65, and laterally extending branch pipes 66, connecting with the respective burners, the

main supply pipe being connected-bya suit--` able flexible pipe 67 with the supply.

The plates ering the open portions of the channel bars 8, serve to equalize and distribute the heat from the burner tubes 60, and at their lower ends the plates terminate just above the lower flanges of the channel bars, so as to leave a contracted space for the entrance of air, while near their upper ends the plates are perforated as at 7 b for the escape of the products of combustion.

The holder for the molding material consists of a series of transverse tanks 110, etc., corresponding in number to the groups of source of gas molds', which tanks are mounted in a rec- 7"- before 'referred to as covk mechanism 'for supplying the molds is ,not

claimed in the present invention, further description of the same will be unnecessary.

In order that the formed cones may be received from the molds when the latter are opened, I provide beneath the molds,

receiving pans 98 and 99 which are pivoted at their outer ends respectively near the opposite ends of the frame 5, on horizontal transverse axes, so thatwhen in horizontal position thev inner ends of the pans will meet, and when swung on their axes, the pans will separate and extend at a downward inclination as shown by dottedA lines lin Fig. 1 in which position of the parts, the cones received by the pans from the molds will slide downwardly and vbe discharged into a receiving receptacle 100. In order that the pans may be made to move in unison, they are connected at their outer ends by means of a connecting rod 101 which is jointed to one pan-below its axial connection with the frame, and to the other pan above its axial 'connection with the frame. The pans are operated by means of a hand -lever 102 pivoted to the .forward end of Athe frame 5 on the transverse axis 103, andhaving jointed to it a rod 104 xed to -the outer end of the .forward pan, the construction being such that tion shown by dotted lines in Fig.l 1.

The operation of the mechanism described sas' follows: With theseveral parts in the 4position shown in Fig. 1, with the tanks supplied with molding material, and the .heating burners-lighted, theoperator draws the carriage 111 with the tanks thereon, inwardly on the tracks within the main frame Lto aposition where the several tanks will be vertically over the several groups of molds, and the several molds are charged with the molding material. TheV cores are entered in the molds by the operation o f lever 45 in the mannei` hereinbefore described. When the cones have beenproperly baked, the lever 45 is raised and then returned to its former position, which action will result in the full withdrawal of the cores from the molds and the elevation of the cores to `their former raised position.`

' It now only remains to dischargethe formed cones from the molds, which is accomplished by turning lever 9 upwardly from the dotted to the full line position of Fig. 3. This movement of the lever will separate the pairs of channel bars forming the moldcores, and the formed cones will fall into the receiving pans 98 and 99, which being Vtipped downwardly by hand lever 102, will discharge the cones into the receiving receptacle 100. Lever 102 is then moved back to raise the pans to their normal receiving position, and lever 9 is again turned down to its former position to close the molds, whereby the several parts of the machine will be in position ready for another operation.

Having thusdescribed'my invention what I claim is:` v-

1. In a machine of the type described, the combination of a main frame, molds sustained thereby, a core framev mounted in 'the main frame for movement up and4 down to and from the molds, and provided with `mold cores, elbow levers mounted in the .main frame nearthe front, elbow levers mounted in said frame near. the rear, the said elbow levers lbeing so sustained that when the core frame is in an elevated `position, one of the arms of the elbow levers will extend in an upright position, and the other arms in a horizontal position, links connecte ing the horizontal arms of the elbow levers with each other, vertical links connecting the upright arms of the elbow levers with the core frame, and means.' for rocln'ng said elbow levers to respectively raise and lower the frame, the relation of the elbow-levers and links being such that when the frame is in elevated position, the upright arms of the elbow levers, will extend inline with the Ivertical links, and will positively main tain the frame supported in an elevated position.

2. In a machine of the type described, the

combination of a main frame, molds supported thereby, acore frame mountedl for movement in the main frame to and from the molds and provided with mold cores, front and rear rock shafts mounted in the main frame, a pair of elbow levers on the front shaft, a pair of elbow levers on the rear shaft, the arms of said front and rear elbow levers -being parallel with each other, fore and aft links connecting said parallel arms with each other, upright links jointedv combination of a erating handle connected with the front rock rocking member and an outer member jointf ed to the inner member, I and a device on which the outer member of the J lever is adapted to fulcrum in actuating the parts to seat the cores fully in the molds.-

f 4. In a machine of the type described, the

. combination of a mainfframa'molds sus- -tained thereby, a core'frame mounted for movement in said main frame 'fo and from 'the molds and provided with mold cores, a

rocking member for moving the core frame toward the molds, a handlever for. actuating the rocking member, said hand lever comprising an inner member connected with the rocking member,A and an outer member jointed to the inner member, and provided with a shoulder and a stirrup pivoted tothe main frame and adapted to' be engaged by said shoulder and to form a fulcrum for the outer member `of the leverl in moving the core frame to fully seat the 'cores in the molds.` y

5. In a machine of the type described, the combination of a mold, a core adapted to enter therein, and a stripping ring sustained by the core andmovable relatively thereto to strip the casting from the core, said ring` being adapted when the core is entered in the mold to engage and close the upper end 4 of the same, and beingin position to be engaged by the core and thereby limit the de gree of penetration of the core in the mold.

6. In a machine of the type described, the combination of a mold, a core adapted to enter therein and provided with an annular shoulder, a stripping ring surrounding the core and movable relatively thereto and provided with an annular shoulder adapted to engage with the shoulder on the core, said ring being adapted when the core is entered in the mold to engage andv close the upper end of the same and said shoulders adapted when the core is entered in the mold to engage each other and limit the degree of pene eti-ation of the core.

7. In a machine of the type described, the combination with a series of molds, of a se- 'ries' of cores adapted to enter therein, a

strippingring sustained by each core and each ring being movable independently` of the others relatively to their respective cores to strip the castings therefrom.

8. In a machine of the type described, the main frame, -pairs of mold ,ecosse bars mounted therein and provided each with openings extending therethrough between their ends, the bars of a pair b eing movable to and from each other, actuating rods extending through the openings in said bars and being connected respectively to one` other, said mold bars being eachI provided with' openings extending therethrough 'between their ends, two' series of actuating rods extending through said openings, one

. series of rods being connected to one of the bars of -eaeh pair, and the other series of rods being connected to the other bar oli each `pair'and means for moving said two series of rods endwise in opposite directions relatively to each other.

10. In a' machine of the type described, the combination ofla main frame, a series of pairs of mold bars mounted therein, with the bars of a pair movable to and other, two rods extending through all of the. bars, spacing spools encircling one oi' the rods and extending between the right hand bars of thepairs and loosely through the left hand bars, spacing spools encircling the other rod and extending between the left hand bars of the pairs and extending loosely through the said right hand bars, and means tor lmoving said rods endwise relatively to each other.

1l. In a machine ofthe type described, the combination of a main frame, a series from each of mold bars mounted therein and separable from each Aother to discharge the contents of the molds, receiving pans pivoted at their outer ends t0 swingdownwardly and adapted tobe' held in horizontal receiving posi-` tion, and in eans for swinging the pans down- :waidly to discharge their contents.-

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this 13 day of Sept., 1913, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

JoHN is.l CLINE;

`Witnesses L. E. STEVENS, B. BCorii.` 

